Mountainpass is hell. I usually go to the glacier side of things, because crossing that gap is a death-sentence in way too many cases (get lit up, get shot at by whatever is sniping/arty). If you feel adventurous, you can try bridge (but imo, bridge is hardly ever worth it)

While glacier side isn't optimal, it tends to have tanks you can shoot & you can use it to support mid/push enemy base, depending on how the game develops (just keep eyes on the darn bridge)

PS: speed on armored tanks is a formidable buff, even small increases can push it to OP territory (see T95, who did got a speed boost) as they can lock down critical positions even faster, making it even harder to dislodge said armored tanks.

I recently rebought the Tortoise as I had really good memories from it. Do not regret it as I love that beast, but some people might it frustrating to play a slow box of DPM. Dunno about a buff. I feel it is fairly balanced and performing well. Good to know I am not the only one, loving this tank

dunno to me it looks that tortoise is free hp atm. Those huge weak spots.. poor mobility and quite poor alpha.. Played both jt and tortoise few years back and liked jt much more. Atleast they are going to replace 183 mb lets hope new tank will be more fun to play.

i have no experience in the equipment, but would spall liner benefit the tortoise ? on paper it seems quite interesting to add to counter artillery

other than that i think the tortoise is fine as it is given it's gianormous amount of DPM and gun angles and accuracy, although i rarely meet one, and i have never played one so feel free to ignore my opinion honhon

While the stats appear good on paper compared to the previous tanks, it's not so good for Tier VIII - probably due to the current problems with the Tier VIII matchmaking.

I didn't even ace it -_-

Tortoise feels so much better though, and aced on 9th game :V

UrQuan, on 02 November 2017 - 07:15 AM, said:

PS: speed on armored tanks is a formidable buff, even small increases can push it to OP territory (see T95, who did got a speed boost) as they can lock down critical positions even faster, making it even harder to dislodge said armored tanks.

True - The T95 has some of the best armour in the game though, along with high pen and 750 alpha. (I believe it's speed buff was still necessary too)

The Tortoise, on the other hand, has far less armour and large weakspots which are made even more vulnerable by the fact you often have to sit out in front of opponents to fully unleash the low-alpha DPM.

So I think a 5 km/h buff would only help it keep up with the faster pace of the game...unless of course they decide to give it T95-like armour, that is.